Carp8DM t1_j7vanqi wrote
Reply to comment by Senrakdaemon in What's the importance of our solar system having so many moons? by [deleted]
You're not wrong.
While Jupiter keeps the asteroid belt in check, the moon keeps many asteroids that would normally hit us from missing just barely.
In fact, just last month we had a near earth orbit of a pretty large asteriod. The moon's orbit and gravitational pull ensured the asteriod didn't come strait at us.
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Carp8DM t1_j7vizxa wrote
I mean, apparently not?
Think about it... all the shit that was gonna hit the Earth... Kinda already has.
More profoundly...
Most of the shit that was about to hit the Earth, got pulled into the moon. Look at all them craters.
So what's left? A bunch of shit. But a bunch of shit that isn't gonna hit either of us. It's almost like delayed gratification, if you think about it.
The Earth/Moon busted eachother up. Then they both got busted up for millions of years.... Untill eventually there was nothing left...
And here we are.
The calm result of a chaotic evolution of astrological impacts.
It's kinda beautiful, if you think about it.
quantumtwit t1_j7vowt8 wrote
> Most of the shit that was about to hit the Earth, got pulled into the moon. Look at all them craters.
The earth has been hit by far more "shit" than the moon on account it being much bigger than the moon. We just don't see most of them due to earth having tectonic plates floating on liquid magma and the surface being constantly subsumed into it plus geological forces constantly eroding the surface.
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